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The best band you've never heard

Kelly McClure

Black Marble’s "Life in Small Spaces" proves once again why this synth-pop project remains a best-kept secret

Pearl Jam spoke out against Columbia House's practices in the 1990s (Getty Images)

Do we really miss Columbia House?

Alex Galbraith

Americans are fondly remembering the kinder, gentler music club swindles of decades past

Donald Trump speaks to the press at the construction site of a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 19, 2026. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP running out of people to blame

Brian Karem

Republicans control DC and have totally wrecked the place. Now the paint is peeling off their delusions

(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / John Moore / Nikos Frazier / Omaha World-Herald / Compliant Technologies Manual)

ICE gloves show Trump's revenge failure

Amanda Marcotte

The president's deportation agenda has failed in the courts. Now he's trying to cheat the system

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrives at the port in Danang on July 30, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Asia retreat is China's gift

Troy Farah

The reduction of American military might in the region sacrifices decades of U.S. dominance

Voting stickers. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Doubting Trump's noncitizen voting claim

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat

Trump said it shows he won the 2020 election, but the 24,000 voters in question wouldn’t change the outcome

Fruit and vegetable cart on a street in Havana on August 18, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump admin amps up pressure on Cuba

Troy Farah

Marco Rubio accused Cuban mining companies of sustaining “the regime’s repressive apparatus"

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend the 75th NBA All-Star Game at Intuit Dome on February 15, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Keep an eye on Harry & Meghan's UK move

Melanie McFarland

The unrelentingly cruel media that the Sussexes moved to America to escape must be hungrily awaiting their return

Senator Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation 2025 Good Trouble Gala in Atlanta on May 29, 2025. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Jon Ossoff knows what he's doing

Jason Kyle Howard

The Georgia senator's Trump jabs reveal a deliberate strategy and a leading 2028 contender

Anne Hathaway in "The End of Oak Street" (Daniel McFadden/Warner Bros. Pictures)

"End of Oak Street" does pastiche right

Coleman Spilde

In a studio culture obsessed with nostalgia, David Robert Mitchell's dino thriller knows what we truly want

A collage of restaurant loyalty cards and receipts (Ashlie Stevens)

I don't want another restaurant app

Ashlie D. Stevens

In an age of predictive shopping and fake-friendly alerts, a paper punchcard respects your appetite

Rosie O'Donnell guest-hosted "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Aug. 17. (Disney / Randy Holmes)

Rosie’s return is a sleeper hit

Sophia Tesfaye

The network is finally fighting back — and hitting the president where it hurts

Diplomatic envoy Jared Kushner meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog during a visit to Jerusalem on Aug. 17, 2026. (Shalev Shalom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Jared Kushner cosplays Henry Kissinger

Heather Digby Parton

The special envoy is failing in his efforts at shuttle diplomacy to broker peace between Israel and Hamas

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber escorted by 2 F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters fly over the White House as US president Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in the Military Family Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House. ( Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

The $1 trillion black box

Jesse Coburn, Ruth Talbot - ProPublica

The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects end up facing delays and ballooning costs

MyPillow Guy CEO Mike Lindell arrives at a gathering of supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump near Trump's residence at the Mar-a-Lago Club on April 4, 2023 in West Palm Florida. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Mike Lindell won't accept primary loss

Troy Farah

On Wednesday, he offered to fund a recount in the Minnesota governor primary

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in "The X-Files" (Fox/Liaison/Getty Images)

"The X-Files" still make us believe

Coleman Spilde

Chris Carter's new director's cut of the 2008 "X-Files" movie indicates a broader trend toward creativity

An AI chatbot responding to a query about abortion clinics with information about a crisis pregnancy center instead. (Illustration by Salon)

AI’s abortion misinformation problem

Nicole Karlis

Reproductive rights advocates are pushing back as AI chatbots misdirect abortion seekers

Chief Justice John Roberts attends President Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Roberts is still in the tank for Trump

Alex Galbraith

E. Jean Carroll's win doesn't erase a pattern of court decisions favoring Trump

Actress Hayden Panettiere attends "Heroes: Countdown to The Premiere" on September 7, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. (Jason LaVeris / FilmMagic)

The myth of the indestructible girl

Melanie McFarland

The "Heroes" and "Nashville" star lived a demanding life weighed down by unreasonable expectations

President Donald Trump steps off Marine One with his aide Natalie Harp on Aug. 16, 2026 (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Natalie Harp nurses Trump's decline

Amanda Marcotte

The president's defensive reaction to rampant speculation reveals his fear of aging

Protesters rally against Wells Fargo in solidarity with the people of Standing Rock in Hollywood, California, on December 21, 2016. (TOMMASO BODDI/AFP via Getty Images)

Bring back the corporate death penalty

Troy Farah

We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it

Arizona Secretary Of State Adrian Fontes speaks with the media at the Burton Barr Central Library on November 05, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Tense boiling point on election security

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat

Democratic election officials criticized Homeland Security leaders for lackluster support as midterm election looms

An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of border wall near Santa Elena Canyon on August 14, 2026 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Contractors have begun construction of the Trump administration’s 30-foot southern border wall through Big Bend National Park. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump’s renewed national park exploits

Troy Farah

Last summer, Congress gave the Trump admin $46 billion to construct a wall from the Pacific Ocean to Mexico

Hayden Panettiere (L) Michelle Trachtenberg (R) in "Ice Princess" (Walt Disney / Courtesy Everett Collection)

Hayden Panettiere played against type

Coleman Spilde

In the 2005 film, Panettiere and Michelle Trachtenberg's search for greatness feels eerily prophetic

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